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  'History Detectives' Investigate the Case of the Mylar Mystery

  March 2, 2010 — There is a mystery afoot at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center -- the case of the mylar mystery to be exact. The PBS show "The History Detectives" recently investigated questions surrounding one clue ... > full story
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  NASA and NOAA Ready GOES-P Satellite for Launch

  February 24, 2010 — NASA is preparing to launch the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch is targeted for ... > full story
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  NASA's New TDRS Spacecraft Pass System Level Reviews

  February 24, 2010 — NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K-L program completed its Critical Design Review and Production Readiness Review in El Segundo, Calif. on Feb. ... > full story
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  Better Weather Forecasts With a Map Showing Atmospheric Vapor

  February 8, 2010 — Weather forecasts, satellite navigation in cars and the inspection of dikes or natural gas fields: these applications using satellite data would all be even more accurate if we knew more about the ... > full story
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  Glacier-Melting Debate Highlights Importance of Satellites

  February 1, 2010 — The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by ... > full story
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  Student-Built Rubik's Cube Size Satellite Selected for Flight by NASA

  January 27, 2010 — A tiny communications satellite designed and built by undergraduates has been selected to be launched into orbit in November as part of a NASA space education ... > full story
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  GOES-P Proceeds Toward Launch

  January 27, 2010 — The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-P is proceeding through more checks in preparation for its launch, which is no earlier than March ... > full story
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  New Satellite Maps of Haiti Coming in

  January 15, 2010 — As rescue workers scramble to provide assistance to hundreds of thousands of people following Haiti's earthquake, Earth observation satellite data continues to provide updated views of the situation ... > full story
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  Higher Temperatures Can Worsen Climate Change, Methane Measurements from Space Reveal

  January 15, 2010 — Higher temperatures on the earth's surface at higher latitudes cause an increase in the emission of methane, a greenhouse gas that plays an important role in global warming. Therefore, higher ... > full story
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  First Satellite Map of Haiti Earthquake

  January 14, 2010 — A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on 12 January, causing major casualties and damage. The quake was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes over ... > full story

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